That's what I'm doing wrong...not exercising enough. But I do agree once you get used to drinking it, it does get easier. A few months ago I never would have believed I would drink even 8 cups in one day.

April

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Wayne Dyer

After my AM cardio, which is intense, I drink about 20 oz; on the way to the office I have another 20 oz or so then before lunch my first bottle is done (64 oz). After lunch I start with the 2nd bottle; I normally finish it when I'm done with my PM cardion & strength training sessions. I don't normally log this, but after that I probably drink another 10 oz or so before my shower. I know its a lot, but once you get used to having the bottle near you, its hard not to drink.

I did 8 cups today and had to have one margarita with it being so hot here.

Hotmama...that does sound like alot, but maybe because you are exercising alot??? 130 oz = 16 cups of water 60 oz = 7 cups of water maybe you should aim between the two. When I uped my intake I really noticed my skin wasn't so dry.

April

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Wayne Dyer

Texasgal....count those anyway, if it's the way you get your water in, it is still considered good for you (as long as you count if they have calories). It took me along time to get up to drinking the 8 cups a day and some days it is still hard. I was a big diet coke drinker and I have tried to limit it to one can a day. One week I really made an effort to drink as much water as I could and I lost more weight...there has to be a conection! Here is a good web site about how much we should be drinking....

http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm

can't get it to fit in one line so you will manually have to type in the address.sorry.

Edited by: ACRUMMY at: 9/1/2008 (10:08)

April

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." Wayne Dyer

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